Harmful Design in User-Generated Games and its Ethical and Governance Challenges: An Investigatio...
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Analyzes three years of a Roblox creator subreddit using an inductive thematic approach on 29 hundred threads and finds concrete mechanisms that spawn harmful UGGs: creators repurposing innocuous designs into simulations of real trauma (example World Trade Center reenactment), creators debating policy gray zones (arguments over whether blood is allowed), and creators sharing tactics to publish risky content like change blood colors to trick moderation. Recommends clearer policy signals and design tooling to surface safety risks during ideation.
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